] OSM downtime as protest against SOPA?
I agree with Kate, that we shouldn't stop any HOT action by the demonstration.
Greying out the U.S. with a here was once a land known as 'land of the free'
would be a real cool thing, as its a kind of protest thats just possible for
OSM. But I absolutly
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Op 16-01-12 22:57, Matthias Meißer schreef:
I have no idea, if this could be technicaly done by the Admins, or
what kind of protest (complete shutdown, serving demo tiles,
Black tiles, with remaining free countries.
Stefan
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As HOT is working on the ground in Haiti and Indonesia this week and
additionally helping with a flood response in the Philippines I would
suggest we don't do that. On Wednesday there are workshops going on
in the St Marc area of Haiti introducing people in that area to OSM
for the first time.
Wikipedia, I imagine, has a large following of users that are unaware
of SOPA; their blackout will introduce the issue to an enormous number
of Internet users. I don't think an OSM blackout would have a similar
effect.
Many map nerds would no doubt be inconvenienced, however.
Joseph
Hey!
Why not reconfigure mapnik to render the US boundary polygon with a
black fill during the sopablackout?
Would send a message without influencing HOT ;)
Sven
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typos and my briefness
On 17.01.2012, at 00:25, Joseph
On 17 January 2012 01:19, Sven Clement sven.clem...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey!
Why not reconfigure mapnik to render the US boundary polygon with a
black fill during the sopablackout?
Would send a message without influencing HOT ;)
It would be tricky because the affected tiles would have to be
Wouldn't it be more advisable (and I mean MUCH more advisable),
to keep OSM, and these lists as a site about maps and mapping
rather than become a political activism site.
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I agree with you Nick, I really do. But I have reconsidered my view in
light of affect that such draconian laws will have on community
websites.
from what I understand is that the OSM site could experience problems
under SOPA when someone introduces a link spam.
One of the many issues with SOPA
I agree with Kate, that we shouldn't stop any HOT action by the
demonstration. Greying out the U.S. with a here was once a land known
as 'land of the free' would be a real cool thing, as its a kind of
protest thats just possible for OSM. But I absolutly understand, that
it's quiet hard to
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